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ENB - Region 3 Notices 10/13/2010

Negative Declaration

Orange County - The Village of Woodbury, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Local Law No. 3 of 2010: Religious Land Uses will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the adoption of a local law amending Chapter 310 of the Code of the Village of Woodbury entitled "Zoning" to permit places of worship in all zoning districts, subject to certain regulation within the Village. The project is located throughout the Village of Woodbury, New York.

Orange County - The Village of Woodbury, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Local Law No. 4 of 2010: Economic Development will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the adoption of a local law amending Chapter 310 of the Code of the Village of Woodbury entitled "Zoning" to permit more commercial uses within the Village of Woodbury, which will aid in promoting a sound and orderly physical and economic growth within the Village and clarify application of certain uses. The project is located throughout the Village of Woodbury, New York.

Sullivan County - The Town Board of the Town of Liberty, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Adoption of the Town of Liberty Agricultural and Farmland Protection Plan will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the adoption of the Town of Liberty Agricultual and Farmland Protection Plan as an addendum to the adopted Town Comprehensive Plan in accordance with Section 272-a of Town Law. The Agricultural Plan includes statements of goals, and objectives for the promotion of agriculture and protections of farmlands in the Town. Included in the Plan are demographic statistics, past and present land uses, public opinion surveys, and recommendations for the Town to use and/or adopt in order to reach the aforementioned goals and objectives. The project is located throughout the Town of Liberty, New York.

Contact: Town of Liberty Town Supervisor, 120 North Main Street, Liberty, NY 12754, Phone: (845) 292-5111.

Ulster County - The Town of Woodstock Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Town of Woodstock (T-Mobile) SPR 10-332A & SUP 10-361A will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves the Town of Woodstock Planning Board consideration of an application to modify SPR 332 & SUP 361 to allow the addition of a new service provider to the Town owned personal wireless service facility/ telecommunications tower. T-Mobile will co-locate six (6) antenna on the Town's 140 foot mono-pine at an elevation of 130 foot above ground level. Associated ground equipment will be installed. The project is located off California Quarry in the Town of Woodstock, New York.

Westchester County - The Town of Greenburgh Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Rabin-Alexander Subdivison - Steep Slopes will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves a preliminary subdivision, Planning Board steep slope and tree removal permit for a proposal to subdivide five (5) existing lots in order to create a total of twelve (12) lots. The proposed lots would range in size from 11,250 square feet to 27,158 square feet and add ten (10) additional single-family residences. The site currently contains two (2) existing single-family residences. Access to the site is proposed from Downing Drive West. The applicant proposes to improve the proposed streets that would serve the residences to a Town standard. The property consists of approximately 199,450 square feet and is situated in the R-10 One-Family Residence District. The project is located on Downing Drive West approximately 200 feet from the intersection of Dobbs Ferry Road and Downing Drive West in the Town of Greenburgh, New York.

Westchester County - The Town of Greenburgh Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Theisen - Steep Slopes will not have a significant adverse environmental impact. The action involves a Planning Board steep slope permit application for a proposal to complete the construction of a 4 foot high retaining wall in the rear of the property, backfill this area and complete related landscaping improvements. The applicant proposes adding approximately twenty-six (26) cubic yards of fill inside the retaining wall. The applicant has partially disturbed and proposes to disturb a total of 647 square feet of disturbance on 25-35% slopes (Very Steep Slopes) and approximately 53 square feet of area classified as greater than 35% slope (Excessively Steep Slopes). The property consists of approximately 30,858 square feet and is situated in the R-7.5 One-Family Residence District. The project is located on the east side of Edgemont Road approximately 100 feet from the intersection of Edgemont Road and Norwood Road in the Town of Greenburgh, New York.

Positive Declaration and Public Scoping

Westchester County - The Town of Yorktown Planning Board, as lead agency, has determined that the proposed Costco Wholesale Site Plan may have a significant adverse impact on the environment and a Draft Environmental Impact Statement must be prepared. A public scoping session will be held October 18, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. at the Town of Yorktown Town Hall, 362 Underhill Avenue, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598. The action involves a proposal for the construction of a 147,487 square foot wholesale/retail store, a 3,605 square foot enclosed entrance, filling station and related improvements for a total of 151,092 square foot. The project is located on an 18.75 ± acre site and will be served by municipal sewer and water. The project is located on Route 202/Crompond Road in Yorktown Heights, Town of Yorktown, New York.

Notice of Acceptance of Final EIS

Rockland County - The Town of Clarkstown Planning Board, as lead agency, has accepted a Final Environmental Impact Statement on the proposed Kury Homes. Copies of the Final EIS are available for public review at the Clarkstown Town Hall or the Nyack Public Library. The Final EIS can be reviewed online at the applicant's consultant website: www.timmillerassociates.com or at the Town of Clarkstown web site: www.town.clarkstown.ny.us/html/planning.html.

The action involves the applicant, Kury Homes, Inc., intention to subdivide the project site, install the required infrastructure, and develop single family residential dwellings in response to a continued demand for high quality housing in the Town of Clarkstown and Rockland County. This project is expected to support "estate-style" housing developed in conformity with the Town's Comprehensive Plan most recently adopted in 2009, and the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Clarkstown which intended that this area be developed for medium density residential use.

The project applicant initially proposed to subdivide and develop 12 building lots accessed by two roads both ending in cul-de-sacs. The minimum lot size would have been 22,500 square feet after subtracting from the minimum lot area environmental constraints as per the requirements of Section 290-21.D. of the zoning law.

In a continuing effort to respond to public and technical comment on the proposed subdivision plat, the project applicant now proposes an 11 Lot Cluster Preferred Alternative to be constructed per Section 278 of the New York State Town Law and the Clarkstown Zoning Local Law, which allows cluster development in order to preserve environmentally sensitive lands including steep slopes and wetlands described in the Draft EIS Addendum, dated July 1, 2009.

The project is located on the east side of Mountain View Avenue, approximately 2 miles north of the I 87/ I 287, north of the Forest Ridge Condominium development and south of the Mountianview Condominium Development, in the Town of Clarkstown, New York.